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Can you give an example of a sentient plant?


There are none that we know of. But if we discovered one tomorrow or if Santa’s elves fell under the plant taxonomy, I don’t think most vegans would be onboard with farming them for food. Sentience is the variable that matters. Animals have just become a rough proxy for that variable due to the lopsided distribution of sentience.




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